bill, i'll start with you. there are a lot of players that secretary clinton be negotiating with. we talk to ambassador orrin about this. what do you make of egypt's involvement here and how reliable or trustworthy a process do you think they will be in the process? >> we'll see that. is a huge question going forward from this. if, as appears to be the case, muslim brotherhood from egypt is not rally behind hamas' defense and willing to broker what looks like will be a cease-fire in israel's interest, more than in hamas' they would perhaps stop the rockets raping down on israel. it's amazing. if you predicted a month ago or three months ago that the muslim brotherhood would take over egypt and has done nothing to help their alleged brothers in gaza, they would have an ambassador and haven't cut off relations, peace treaty seems secure and talk of egyptian now enforcing the been a on weapons smuggling to gaza more than in the past. that is a big question. i'm actually a little more optimistic after this week. about the future of egypt than a week or two ago. >> shannon: what what a